The phenomenon observed in some plants wherein parts of the sexual apparatus is used for forming embryos without fertilisation is called:
a. Parthenocarpy
b. Apomixis
c. Vegetative propagation
d. Sexual reproduction
The answer is the option (b) Apomixis
When seeds are produced without fertilisation, this phenomenon is called apomixes. In parthenocarpy, seeds are not produced, which means embryos are not produced. Hence, option (b) is the correct answer